Chapter 216 Ten Sons
Lind left Star Dragon City and led a large team of knights over the mountains and across the rivers to Moon Mountain.

The town of Kazhan is now completely abandoned, and there are almost no corpses in the tombs. They were all burned after the sudden undead siege.

After heading south from Kazhan Town, passing through the winding road and crossing the river, they were attacked by treasure-stealing banshees.

This is a very tricky disaster monster. Its strength is not very strong, but it is definitely the enemy of wizards.

As long as the treasure-stealing banshee is present, it is impossible for the wizard to chant spells. The situation of the great knight is not much better. They cannot pray and cannot use various skills, but they are better than the wizard. At least they have first-class melee ability.

After a salvo of fire, the treasure-stealing banshee in the sky fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

The rest also fled in a hurry.

"I remember that the last time I came here, I didn't take this road." Lind looked at the snakeman sentry hiding in the middle of the canyon in the distance.

He wasn't riding a dragon, but he certainly wasn't too far away.

Since Ronan's son was able to communicate, Lind hoped that his "face" could play a role.

Before this, as a nobleman, his face had played a role many times. As a vulnerable group in the new era, everyone should stick together for warmth.

This time, Reeve followed him and nodded. "We passed by the Snake Catcher's Fortress and had a nice meal at the tavern."

"Is there?" Lind tried to recall.

"You were in a bad mood at that time." Reeve was probably the only one in the group who dared to chat with Lind in a casual tone. Everyone else was in awe of Lind's various achievements, but they were the only ones who grew up together through danger and hardship, and worked hard for each other to survive until now.

He was talking about Linde being banished by the Queen.

"So I couldn't like her," Lind said. "During that time I kept dreaming about killing her, getting rid of her, but it didn't go as I wished."

Several great knights around were troubled by their good hearing. Why had no one ever told them that the great knights' hearing would become so strong? I don't want to hear it at all. Please, don't let me hear it again.

Although the kingdom's regime was on the verge of collapse, and might have already collapsed, they were nominally soldiers of the Rand Kingdom.

Why should I be here to listen to my lord saying that he wants the Queen to die? This topic is too sensitive and I will really have nightmares at night.

No one present was a fool, and Lind's experience had long been exaggerated and spread in many versions. As a noble who followed the eldest prince, he was exiled after Rania Hedwin ascended the throne and became queen.

Of course, the beautiful name is: guarding the border!
Even Reeve didn't dare to speak, and he didn't dare to respond.

They arrived in front of the snakeman outpost. The soldiers on the city wall noticed them, but did not attack immediately. Due to the forging technology of the dragon-skin armor master Bard, the armor of the soldiers was still in the Rand infantry style.

One of our own!
Although it is surprising, they are indeed one of us.

"This is the noble from Goliath, the lord of Star Dragon City, Lord Linde of the Alman family!" Reeve took the initiative to raise his voice and shouted to the soldiers on top of the sentry post.

Some information was simplified and omitted, but this did not prevent them from identifying themselves, especially when the lion flag was raised.

"Wait a minute!" said the soldier on top of the sentry post, but he showed no intention of opening the door.

The high-ranking knights that Lind brought with him on this trip included Lance, Celine and Miram.

The remaining dozens of people are great knights.

It is a pity that the blood lambs in the underground disaster breeding farm do not grow that fast. In order to cultivate the aura of disaster, he cannot let the blood lambs out of the circle. In the future, the soldiers under his command will at least be great knights.

Even so, it is still a bit behind schedule, because when the undead return again, they will have the opportunity to break through to a higher level.

Snake prison.

The madness seemed to be suppressed during the day.

Almert Yanyi closed his eyes and rested. He was trying to adjust his emotions and thereby control his trembling brain.

"Sir," a voice came from outside.

"what happened?"

"There's a noble outside."

"Lind Arman?" Since they knew each other's existence, it was not surprising that the real nobleman came to visit.

"Yes!"

"If he wants to get through the Snake Catcher's Fortress, tell him it's impossible!"

Baron Ronan has gone crazy. Not to mention Linde wanting to pass, even Ronan's sons like himself would never be able to do it.

As an adopted son, he and others would only occasionally become insane and unable to control themselves, but Baron Ronan, who was a noble like Alman, had completely become another existence.

He is still the lord of the Snake Catcher Fortress, but the difference is that he will be hostile to everything.

"Yes" the soldier received the order and was about to leave.

"and many more!"

Almert Yanyi suddenly shouted, "Let Lind come here, I want to talk to him!"

How can Linde, a nobleman, guarantee absolute sobriety? Maybe he has some method, and maybe this method can save Baron Ronan!

Thinking of this, Almert's emotions, which had been forcibly suppressed, became excited again. The terrible boiling feeling almost made him lose himself in madness again. He really couldn't understand how the blood nobles could resist that kind of madness.

"My lord, Baron Ronan has gone insane," said Lance.

"I know." Lind had already learned the details of the situation here from the undead.

The half-insane Sons of Ronan locked themselves up in the Serpent Fortress prison to prevent themselves from losing control and going crazy, but also to protect Baron Ronan who was completely unable to communicate.

They knew that Ronan was no longer the same person he used to be, but they were still willing to go against everything to protect that insane body, even though they knew they might be aiding and abetting the evil.

Linde has seen such people before.

That was what happened to the toothless legion commander when they captured the city of Leon.

Even without the supervision of the gods, there are still people who insist on the oath of protection.

Faced with such paranoid people, Lind had no good way to convince them. He could only try his best to find common interests between the two parties and persuade them in a roundabout way.

I hope the nobles’ face can be of some use.

Lind's lord skill: Give me a favor!
"Hiss~" Above the snakeman sentry post, the soldier opened his mouth and made a strange sound.

"What are they doing?" Reeve asked subconsciously.

"The message" Lance answered: "If my guess is correct, it should be related to the snake catcher."

The gate of the "Snake Catcher's Path" sentry post opened, and a soldier with a half-palm-sized snake-scale birthmark on his cheek walked out: "Our strength comes from the gift of Lord Ronan!"

He bowed to Lind, but he didn't show much respect: "Lord Alman, I am Seymour, the commander of the Serpent Guard. The son of Ronan hopes to meet you."

"Okay." Lind nodded. "Lead the way. I understand their current situation. It may not be very good."

"Thank you for your understanding," Seymour said, "You colleagues can also go to the sentry post to rest. We have enough food and wine."

Seymour took Lind away, but before leaving he assigned a soldier named "Pang" to take care of Lance and others.

Lance and Serin took the initiative to follow Lind as guards.

"You can have a good drink now." Miram nudged Reeve with his elbow. "Recall the past."

"Memories?" Pang asked curiously.

"He'd been here before, and years later he'd still been sipping on the wine at the Snake Catcher's Keep Tavern," Miram said.

"Haha, I'll make sure you drink till you're full, brother!"

Pang looked at the ferocious mounts they were riding and couldn't help but sigh: "You guys are really amazing."

It's not that no one can tame a Calamity Horse, but it's really terrifying to make a Calamity Horse as well-behaved and obedient as an ordinary horse.

If these war horses with sharp teeth appeared on an open battlefield, they would be like irresistible meat grinders!
"That's because we have a great lord."

"Our lord is equally great!"

Linde has arrived at the cell and met the sons of Ronan.

There are ten specially built cells, filled with great knights whose auras are not much weaker than his own.

"Lord Arman?" a hoarse voice came out.

Linde looked at the person who was speaking. He had red hair and a not-too-handsome face. "I am Almert Yanyi, son of Ronan!"

"That's a good name." Linde nodded. "I once drank with Lord Luo Nan at a banquet. He was quite humorous."

Almert's eyes wandered, trying to picture in his mind an image of a noble chatting and laughing at a banquet.

"We never saw his funny side. We envy you."

"A father needs to maintain his dignity in front of his children," Lind followed their lead. Since these people claimed to be Luo Nan's sons and were full of respect for Luo Nan, they would definitely want to hear some nice words praising the father-son relationship.

Lance and Serin didn't speak, but both of them could notice Lind's art of chatting.

His words really hit the heart of the ten people present.

Almert's expression softened. "You hope to pass through the Snake Catcher's Fortress? I'm afraid it will be difficult. We can't pass through. The Baron will not allow anyone to set foot on his territory."

"We need to return to Goliath, but there is no rush. I actually want to ask something else. Have you seen a pair of believers from the Church of the Sun from the north? Brother Blackfire."

"Brother Blackfire?" Almert frowned.

"I know! I've met them." The man who spoke was thin.

Almert took the initiative to introduce: "He is Dominic Night Devil, not good at speaking, but never lies."

"They've been here before, trying to get through the fortress to Goliath."

"And then?" Lind asked.

"I certainly won't let them cross here."

"But there is no sign of them in the north," said Lind. "They must have passed through here."

The snake catcher's fortress is built on a body of water, where the turbulent currents will swallow everything.

Of course, Lind could also ride a flying dragon over there, but it was definitely irrational to be so high-profile in a territory that was not his own. Who knew how many strong men like Lord Leon there were? Any one of them might become a dragon slayer.

Caution comes first.

Lind suddenly began to miss the undead. If they were here, there would definitely be hundreds or thousands of cool tricks to cross the Snake Catcher Fortress.

So in the final analysis, it is better to be the village chief of the novice village.

But Lind himself knew very well that the prerequisite for being the chief of the Novice Village was that he was strong enough. He must capture the Blackfire brothers before the undead returned, step into the "heroic rank" first, and then take the Storm Knight, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and enter the epic realm.

Dominic Night Devil kept silent. He did not let the Black Flame brothers pass through the fortress. As for other things, they had nothing to do with him, so he did not make any comments.

"Did they say where they were going?" Lind asked, "To whom?"

"Baiya?" Dominic said.

"Who?" Linde heard an unfamiliar name.

He had no doubts about how the Sons of Ronan, who could not pass through the fortress, were able to communicate with the other side. Since these guys could communicate through "hissing" sounds, they must have a way to cross long distances.

Besides, bird messaging is not really a technology.

"A newly rising great lord." This time the person who spoke was Almert Flamewing again. "He used to be a knight of the Duke of Mountain Fury, but before the Duke was about to go completely crazy, he stabbed the Duke to death from the back."

"A traitor!" someone yelled.

Compared with the loyalty of the son of Ronan, the actions of the Baya Knight were indeed not too late.

"He took over everything from the Duke?" Linde asked.

"everything!"

If there was no benefit, killing the mad duke might have left him with a good reputation. But now, the Baya Knight must have become a symbol of greed.

But Lind had little interest in Baia.

According to him, it would take more than a month to ride from the Snake Catcher's Fortress to the Duke's territory, and it would not be convenient no matter where you went.

Lind then asked another question: "Are there any of you who are devout knights of the Sun's Witness?"

He felt he should play it straight instead of guessing each other.

Even if he didn't have the Blackfyre brothers and couldn't get the possible written records of the White Knight Clory from the Everfrost Land, he could still get the hero potion formula from the great knights of other Sun Proof pathways.

The sons of Ronan obviously didn't expect Linde to ask this question suddenly, but they were still quite sincere: "No, our power comes from the gift of the Baron. We are all snake catchers."

The conversation between the two sides was quite friendly. Lind showed no hostility, and Ronan's sons did not take the potion route seriously.

The most important thing is to transform the potion into your own power.

Otherwise the potion recipe is just a useless piece of paper.

"Can you tell us how you control your bloodline and the madness in your heart?" After making sure that Lind had no more questions, Almert Yanyi finally asked his inner doubts.

"Well, I might have to confirm your situation."

Lind couldn't be sure why he didn't go crazy. It was probably because the real Lind was dead, and he took over his place, so he wasn't cursed?

If this is true, he has also lost a lot, because from all the information obtained so far, as long as the nobles take the potion, the blood power in their bodies will be stimulated, and their strength will experience a crazy increase.

Just like the Red Knight Black Gold, his talent is definitely not as good as Lind's, but judging from the on-site photos taken by the undead, his height is at least four meters.

Baron Ronan's situation might be even more terrifying.

And when I heard Night Demon talking about the Duke just now, the other party seemed to have become quite terrifying.

……

Led by Pang, Reeve and others sat down to rest. The Snakeman Outpost was different from the Star Dragon Outpost. As a pass, there was a fortress behind it with a steady flow of resources.

There was no shortage of supplies, but there was one thing. After Baron Ronan lost control, the affected soldiers stayed in the fortress, while the soldiers who had not been affected all retreated to the snakeman outpost, numbering one or two hundred.

The great knights accounted for the majority of this group.

Lance and others have been able to accumulate dozens of disaster hearts in more than two years, including higher-level disaster hearts. The stronger and more united Snake Fortress will only become stronger under the leadership of Shizi.

They had plenty to talk about.

"Yeah, the end of the world is terrible, but at least we..." Pang was chatting with Reeve, but the smile on his face disappeared.

Reeve and others also heard the "hissing" sound in the air.

"What's wrong?" Reeve was sure that it was the snake man communicating through some special frequency of his own.

The expression of the person in front of him also became strange.

"We are the lord's soldiers. We know you want to pass through the fortress, but the son of Ronan asked us to remain friendly. You know, it is quite difficult for me to deal with beasts like you who hide their claws."

"What are you talking about?" Reeve didn't understand.

The Star Dragon soldiers scattered in the distance also noticed something was wrong. They gathered quickly. The low pressure around them had activated their cautious instincts.

Storm is coming!

Pang stared at Reeve, his eyes full of disgust and hatred, and he gritted his teeth as he spoke: "I knew you had no good intentions, so are you planning to lure us here and then attack from the other side?"

"What sneak attack?" Reeve felt aggrieved.

"You have lost the honor of knights and are doing everything you can!" Pang shouted angrily.

"I don't know what happened, but there must be a misunderstanding!" Reeve was very sure that before coming, the lord had said that he should show enough friendliness and had no intention of taking action.

If we really want to take forceful action and let the flying dragon come, these people who can't fly will all be burned to death and will have no power to resist.

"If you don't intend to take action, then surrender!" Pang had already drawn his sword: "Surrender and wait for us to investigate and clear everything up."

"The worst has happened," Milam's voice came from a distance.

"Sorry, I can't hand over my weapon," Reeve shook his head.

Yeah, worst case scenario.

(End of this chapter)